I agree.
If a letter of intent is signed, then I think some type of legal action needs to be put in place. I have no idea on Earth if that is possible, but these kids are taking scholarships away from other kids, then bolting on those same scholarships. I do not like that at all. I do not care about verbal commitments, as they are meaningless. But once you sign your National Letter of Intent, then that is a different story. I also want to see these verbal commitments at the ages of 14 and 15 stopped completely. they are creating a bididng war of sorts and really has no point to them. DeAngelo and Erne are CHL bound, what was the point of an NCAA commit at the age of 15 then? It is stupid.
I would love to see a ban put in place by the NHL or whoever if it cant legally be done, that if a player signs a letter of intent to a college team, then that player would have to sit out that year if he wanted to transfer out to the CHL. It would stop a lot of this crap from happening. If a player would have to sit out a year like they would if they went from one NCAA team to another, then this would hault this trend asap.
I also want to see the NHL make the same rules for both the CHL and NCAA. If a CHL player cannot be in the AHL before the age of 20, then neither should an NCAA player, or player drafted out of US highschool or the USHL. This seems to be a hot issue with players leaving college early and turning pro, and then the players that are using their NCAA or USHL draft season as a means to circumvent the system are going to the CHL to get fast tracked to the NHL. That might stop some of this as well.
And finally, the NCAA needs to remove the pro tag from the CHL. Plain and simple. The NCAA would be getting dozens of players a year coming from the CHL if they did this. It is just a one way street at this point, and it is beyond silly to keep this up any longer.
I want to see more highend players go to the CHL, so this isnt anti-CHL talk. I think it is a terrible issue for these individual teams losing kids that they spent time and effort on. I hate the NCAA as a whole with a passion. They are greedy, filthy pigs that profit off of young adults. But individual programs are suffering and that needs to be addressed asap.